The Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has sailed into Carbis Bay ahead of Boris Johnson‘s first meeting with Joe Biden. The £3.3 billion state-of-the-art aircraft carrier will provide the backdrop the Prime Minister’s first meeting with Biden at the G7 summit in Cornwall since his election in November 2020. It’s a symbol … Read more
The Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has sailed into Carbis Bay ahead of Boris Johnson‘s first meeting with Joe Biden. The £3.3 billion state-of-the-art aircraft carrier will provide the backdrop the Prime Minister’s first meeting with Biden at the G7 summit in Cornwall since his election in November 2020. It’s a symbol … Read more
SAWED Nelson! 200-year-old figurehead from HMS Victory that was chopped up with a chainsaw by MISTAKE… is painstakingly restored to former glory 10-foot tall piece of art is from warship commanded by naval hero Admiral Nelson during Battle of Trafalgar An error by contractors led to the artwork being destroyed in 2009 as workers thought … Read more
HMS Severn sailed back to Portsmouth this morning after seeing off French fishermen off the coast of Jersey together with HMS Tamar following a row over post-Brexit fishing rules. The Royal Navy River-class offshore patrol vessel was welcomed home today after it was scrambled amid an escalating standoff with French skippers who have threatened to … Read more
The ‘dazzle’ camouflage paint job applied to a new Royal Navy patrol ship was originally used on an array of vessels in the First and Second World War in the hope that it would confuse enemy German U-boats and ships. Military chiefs have resurrected the colour scheme on HMS Tamar, which will head to the … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: You know you’re posh when your pet mongoose nabs HM’s choccies By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 02:10 BST, 2 April 2021 My Years With The Queen Rating: Pandemic 2020 Rating: When the Queen comes to stay, she brings chocolates. … Read more
Britain’s most powerful warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has loaded with munitions ahead of its first operational deployment later this spring. The £3bn aircraft carrier has spent the past month on further sea trials before the visit to the new Northern Ammunition Jetty in Glen Mallan, Loch Long. The fleet flagship was the first visitor to … Read more
SNP supporter is left red-faced when she demands to know why HMS Queen Elizabeth is allowed to visit Scotland – only to be told it is the aircraft carrier, not the monarch Twitter user Kerry Newton confused Police’s message about aircraft carrier thinking it was about the Queen Ms Newton questioned why the Queen was … Read more
HMS Queen Elizabeth – named after 16th century monarch Elizabeth I – is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-Class of aircraft carriers. Its sister ship is HMS Prince of Wales. The ships, which together cost more than £6billion, are the largest in the history of the Royal Navy. Last month, it was reported that flagship … Read more
Farewell, Big Lizzie! Hundreds of wellwishers watch HMS Queen Elizabeth set sail from Portsmouth as £3bn aircraft carrier trains for first mission to the Med The £3 billion warship took over the role of fleet flagship last year and will be at the centre of a strike group She is set to return at the … Read more